In Memoriam: War Dead of Anzio Beachhead Honored.
In Memoriam: War Dead of Anzio Beachhead Honored.
Clip: 351918_1_1
Year Shot: 1952
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1574
Original Film: 025-559-01
HD: N/A
Location: ITALY
Timecode: 06:51:32 - 06:52:24
In Memoriam: War Dead of Anzio Beachhead Honored. Little girls from an orphanage come to the American cemetery where, eight years ago, GI's fought and died to hold a precarious beachhead that led to the eventual capture of Rome. They come to leave their flowers and their prayers. It looks like these children (wearing white dresses) are escorted by monks and nuns as they lay flowers at cross-shaped grave markers in the military cemetery. One little girls kneels by a grave, makes the sign of the cross; touching, sad, respectful. The inscription reads, "Here Rests in Honored Glory a Comrade in Arms Known But to God."